Spot The Difference?

JIm Molyneaux, former leader of the Ulster Unionists, one of the dourest, least exciting figures in Irish politics and a man who had a mouth, a British government wag once observed, like a duck’s arse…..

Mitch McConnell, putative new Senate majority leader and the second most powerful man in the world following this week’s mid-term elections in the US. Also dour, unexciting and characterless – and has a mouth like a duck’s arse…..

Conclusion: unexciting, insipid and uninteresting men who have mouths like a duck’s arse do well in politics……